Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Ph.D Student in Higher Educational Administration, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran.E-mail: shshmohammadian@gmail.com
2 Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran. E-mail: galavandi@gmail.com
3 Professor, Department of Education; Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran. E-mail: ghasemzadee@yahoo.com
Abstract
This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the internal factors affecting on improving accountability of universities to the needs of the labor market. The research method was descriptive-survey and applied. The statistical population was 750 faculty members of Tabriz University, and 255 samples were selected using the Cochran formula by stratified random sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on literature review. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed based on (FV), (CVR) and (CVI). The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.86. The data were analyzed using bootstrap, Friedman, independent samples t-test, one-way analysis Anova and Tukey's test. The results showed that the variables of accountable planning, accountable curriculum, accountable teaching, accountable research accountable monitoring and evaluation have an effect on improving the accountability of universities. The accountable research variable was ranked first and the accountable monitoring and evaluation was ranked last. There was no significant difference between the views of faculty members in terms of gender and age (except for the accountable planning variable). This research revealed the internal factors affecting on improving the accountability of universities to the needs of the labor market in 5 factors and 20 sub-factors.
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